Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Great British Nuclear · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Burges-Salmon LLP
- Value
- £1,000,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Legal advisory services (CPV 79111000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 018183-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Apr 2025
- Published30 Apr 2025Published 29 days after the contract date
Description
The contract was awarded following a direct award procedure from the CCS Legal Services Panel Framework RM6179 to support the requirement to have additional legal capacity in place by April 2025. A direct award is a compliant option under the Framework. Prospectuses were reviewed and the proposed supplier, is experienced in the areas of support that are required.
About the supplier
Burges-Salmon LLP: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company OC307212).